High-Performance Lifestyle
1. Pay attention to what you eat. Start tracking your calories and macros using an app like myfitnesspal. Anything less is just a guess, and it will most likely be wrong.
2. Eat more protein. If you can, include a protein source in every meal (4-6 oz. or 20-30 grams). It’s likely you are currently eating less than 50 grams per day.
3. Eat less processed junk food. This includes all fast food and most packaged goods. [Read more…]
The more I read and learn, the more obvious it becomes that the key to fulfillment is an alignment with purpose.
It is a vocation, life’s task, hard thing, passion, or obsession.
Whatever it is, sustained success depends on it.
When you stagnate, when the desire to excel and push your life forward ends, so does many other things in your life.
You cannot live a high-performance life without an outlet to perform. – Chief
Jerry Rice is widely considered one of the greatest to have ever played the game of football.
His legacy as as the NFL’s all-time best wide receiver will forever be cemented by a 20-year career with over 1,500 receptions, close 23,000 reception yards and 200 touchdowns — all NFL all-time records. He has also, at some point, held every single season record for a receiver.
His stats prove the point, but what makes Rice a great study goes beyond the numbers:
1. He was undersized and considered slow by conventional standards.
2. He came from a small college in Itta Bena, Mississippi (Population: 1,946)
3. He came from an even smaller high school in Crawford, Mississippi (Population: 636)
There is something about fear that is hard to explain.
We all know how it feels. We understand why it exist as we explain away some biological notion of self-interest we remember from high school science class.
The truth is, we don’t understand fear at all. [Read more…]
After reading Arnold’s Total Recall, I felt an urge to explore the old stomping grounds of bodybuilding’s lore.
Inspired, I took the trip to throwdown at Gold’s Gym Venice, or as its known to many, the Mecca of Bodybuilding.
Walking through the doors, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe, as if entering the arena of a great battle.
My adrenaline was pumping, as I thought to myself, here I am, the exact place where some of the world’s most renowned bodybuilders carved their bodies, shaped their personas, and crafted their personal legend. [Read more…]
